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Hyattsville residents get 'space to voice frustrations' after deadly police shooting 09/27/2019 06:27pm • The community around Hyattsville, Maryland, is reeling after a very public fatal police shooting of a man near the Prince George's Mall on Thursday. Now, city leaders are organizing a meeting to take questions. Moments before police said 49-year-old Leonard Shand charged them, armed with knives, Md. man sentenced to 22 years in DUI crash that killed 3 children 09/26/2019 05:15pm • A White Plains, Maryland, man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison in the DUI crash that killed three children on Indian Head Highway last year. Thomas Hawks, 28, was sentenced Thursday in the death of 5-year-old twins Alexander and Rosalie Mejia and their 1-year-old brother, Isaac. In add Report: 17 DC school playgrounds show elevated lead levels 09/26/2019 05:31am • Elevated levels of lead were discovered in at least 17 D.C. school playgrounds, leading to six being shutdown over the summer, according to a recent study. The study, commissioned by the D.C. Department of General Services and conducted by an outside company, focused on the "Poured-in-Place" rubb Northeast shooting sends bullet into DC elementary school 09/25/2019 09:32pm • A bullet flew through the classroom window of a D.C. elementary school on Wednesday. A car police believe was involved in the shooting then took down a power pole, leaving a Northeast neighborhood without power. D.C. police said two vehicles were traveling on 49th Street NE near Aiton Elementary Affordable pet care options and strategies 09/25/2019 05:00am • Owning a pet can improve your well-being, lower stress and reduce anxiety, but the cost of caring for a four-legged family member can be tremendous. According to a 2018 survey from Rover.com, the nation's largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, caring for a dog costs approximately $153 per m Movie Review: 'Rambo: Last Blood' ruins beloved hero with gory violence 09/25/2019 01:00am • In 1982, "First Blood" was an instant classic of survivalist action-adventure, introducing Green Beret vet John Rambo who fled into the mountains of the Pacific Northwest to wage a one-man war against the prejudicial town sheriff, showcasing Sylvester Stallone's talents just six years after "R The Awesome Burger is Nestlé's answer to the plant-based meat craze 09/24/2019 08:30am • Nestlé's Plant-Based Protein Center of Excellence, the beating heart of the massive food company's recent foray into fake meat. If you turn off Highway 1 at just the right spot in Moss Landing, California, past fruit stands, roadside cafes and artichoke farms, you may catch a sudden whiff of ba Loudoun Co. teacher on leave amid private school misconduct probe 09/22/2019 07:18am • Loudoun County, Virginia, public school officials have placed a high school teacher on leave while they review allegations of misconduct over two decades ago at a D.C. private school. Eugene Legg has been placed on leave from his current position at Rock Ridge High School after he, and three othe Billionaire extends gift to pay off debt for Morehouse graduates 09/21/2019 12:18am • Billionaire Robert Smith shocked graduates during his commencement speech at Morehouse College last spring when he announced he would pay off their student loans. Now Smith, the chairman & CEO of Vista Equity Partners, is extending that gift. Smith has expanded the Morehouse Student Succes Fairfax County changes its response after reported student vaping soars 09/20/2019 03:46pm • Health concerns around vaping are not just a national conversation, it's a daily reality for D.C.-area school systems. Fairfax County, Virginia, is changing its policy to provide support for kids having trouble putting the e-cigarette down. If a student was caught smoking on campus in the past, p Climate strike protesters march in DC 09/20/2019 02:38pm • Protesters are gathering outside the White House Friday morning as part of the Global Climate Strike, designed to call attention to the problems facing the environment, particularly global warming. Marchers gathered outside the Newseum, in downtown D.C., with decorated parachutes to be taken to t Sexual misconduct dates back decades at DC's private Maret School 09/20/2019 01:32pm • Several former teachers at the elite, private Maret School in Northwest D.C. are suspected of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior involving students between the 1970s and 2008, according to an independent investigation. The independent investigation, conducted by the law firm Crowell &amp Giant's parent company wants fewer toxic chemicals in food packaging, beauty products 09/20/2019 10:34am • The parent company of Giant Food and other local grocers is restricting certain chemicals from its products and packaging. Ahold Delhaize USA, the fourth largest grocery chain in the country — which owns Food Lion, Peapod, Stop & Shop, Giant and more — announced its new "sustainable chemi Movie Review: 'Ad Astra' stars Brad Pitt in sci-fi journey to the stars 09/20/2019 01:08am • Writer/director James Gray is slowly becoming our reliable captain of epic journeys, holding the reins of throwback adventures into the great beyond. "The Lost City of Z" was one of the most underrated movies of 2016, starring Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson about British explorer Percy F Students plan climate change rally Friday; protests next week aim to 'shut down DC' 09/19/2019 03:24pm • Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, center in blue, joins other young climate activists Friday for a climate strike outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) With action around climate change planned for Friday and next week, here's what the